my crisis of my life

The Crisis of My Life

Being an international student from South Korea , I had numerous difficulties studying in the United States . Although I did not have a hard time reading and writing in English , I experienced communication problems since I was not able to speak the language very well . This became very hard for me because a person can not learn new things and advance without communicating

I felt humiliated while in class because of my communication problems I was not very adaptable to the environment . I was not able to interact

br even with my foreign friends . Due to my problems , I distanced myself more and more from everybody . I felt like nobody understood me and no one cared . I had no one to turn to and had only myself to deal with my difficulties

Also , I felt homesick . I missed my family and friends whom I can talk to anytime I want about certain things . I missed how things were in my country . I craved for my native dishes , the weather , and the friendliness of the people . I kept thinking about the day when I could come back to South Korea and not experience these problems . I longed for familiar faces and roads where no one judges me because of my color and the way I speak

The worst thing was , my school work was suffering because of these problems . I was thinking about these things too much and I was forgetting about the reason why I came to the United States in the first place , which was to study and learn . I got too depressed and made myself believe that I will not be able to succeed because of the communication barriers

However , the time came when I slowly realized that I was only focusing on my problems and not thinking of ways to overcome them . I also forgot that I went to America to gain new knowledge and to live a new and better life . I found out that I was living on the past too much and it made me lose my concentration on my studies

At this time , I have overcame these issues and had resolved my problems . I was able to join various school activities such as the international students orientation and debate , which made me more active and focused on what was important , which is to learn . I was slowly coming out of my shell and saw that America and the language barriers are not my enemy . Instead , I should see them as challenges and ways to improve myself . If I let these obstacles control me , the numerous opportunities that America has to offer would be lost . In turn , I will be the one who would go home to South Korea defeated . I also learned that it is better to reach out to people , especially to other international students like me , because they are also going through the same process and are experiencing the same difficulties that I am experiencing

Although I am...